Author: Uri Blass
Date: 11:49:55 03/30/04
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On March 30, 2004 at 14:08:12, Robert Hyatt wrote: >On March 29, 2004 at 14:26:30, Peter Skinner wrote: > >>On March 29, 2004 at 01:06:02, Gian-Carlo Pascutto wrote: >> >>>For the first time in the International CSVN Tournaments substantial prize money >>>is offered. PAL Group sponsors the tournament and makes available US$ 1500 for >>>first prize, US$ 1000 for second prize and US$ 500 for third prize as well. >> >>Again I must state that this tournament is becoming better and better each year. >>With the added incentive of a cash prize, I am sure there will be a record >>number of participants. >> >>Peter > > >From experience, cash prizes are _not_ good. ACM started doing this. The >result was more incentive to cheat than anything else... I think that they can come together with the duty to give the source code of the program before the tournament to somebody who left competition in computer chess like Ernst Heinz(programmers of Dark thought). If the commercial programmers do not trust him they will not come but I believe that strong amateurs are going to participate and I believe that the gap in strength between professional programs and amateur is going to become smaller or maybe even the amateurs will become better because I understand that Tord plan to continue to improve gothmog and I guess that there are good chances that in less than 2 years from today it will become number 1. Uri
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